Urban Amenities and Agglomeration Economies? The Locational Behaviour and Economic Success of Dutch Fashion Design Entrepreneurs

Rik Wenting (), Oedzge Atzema () and Koen Frenken ()
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Rik Wenting: The Utrecht School of Economics, Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance, Utrecht University, Janskerkhof 12, 3512BL Utrecht, The Netherlands
Oedzge Atzema: The Section of Economic Geography, Urban and Regional Research Centre Utrecht (URU), Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80115, 3508TC Utrecht, The Netherlands
Koen Frenken: The Eindhoven Centre for Innovation Studies (ECIS), School of Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO. Box 513, 5600MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Urban Studies, 2011, vol. 48, issue 7, 1333-1352

Abstract: The spatial clustering of industries is traditionally explained by agglomeration economies benefiting co-located firms. The focus on firms rather than people has been challenged by Florida arguing that urban amenities attract creative people to certain cities. On the basis of a questionnaire, an analysis is made of the extent to which these two mechanisms affect the locational behaviour of Dutch fashion design entrepreneurs. It is found that fashion design entrepreneurs consider urban amenities to be more important than agglomeration economies for their location decision. Designers located in the Amsterdam cluster do not profit from agglomeration economies as such, but rather from superior networking opportunities with peers both within and outside the cluster.

Date: 2011
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